Game Reviews

Looking back, Beyond Good & Evil feels like the precursor to every Ubisoft game to come. It’s got a bit of everything; action combat, light platforming, stealth, a little bit of shooting (pun intended), vehicles, and of course a map chock full of collectables. However, I find that Beyond

There’s a space that exists between the indie titles of the world and the AAA games out there where smaller developers can stretch their legs and try to create games with novel or innovative concepts. It’s also a space where you get derivative work that tries to build

There are certain studios that define the earliest memories of gamers like me. Their collective imaginations helped lay the foundation for the cinematic masterpieces we experience today. Cyan Worlds is one of those studios. The Myst series, Obduction, Firmament, and Uru transported us to new worlds, telling wonderful stories through

As the saying goes, you can’t teach an old monkey new tricks. Not because it’s physically impossible, but because it risks upsetting the carefully balanced appeal of trapping the monkey in a ball and rolling it around. The Super Monkey Ball series has historically struggled with how to

After a little bit of time to digest everything it did, Alan Wake 2 was my game of the year for 2023. It did things no other game that year had, and you won’t play anything like it (my review here). I’ve been patiently waiting for the DLC,

Let’s think back to February 17th, 2021. We see the teaser for a game called Star Wars: Hunters, a team-based hero fighter from the company Zynga. Fast forward to 2022 as the company announces the delay of the game. Now, in 2024, the game is released for free on

Destiny 2: The Final Shape is a massive event for the Destiny universe. Because of this, GamingTrend gave its two biggest Destiny 2 fanatics the nod to cover as much ground as possible and offer some diverse perspectives on this monumental expansion. Similar to our Destiny 2: Lightfall review last

Elden Ring set a new benchmark for open-world exploration when it was released back in 2022. In fact, I’d go as far as to say Elden Ring is one of my favorite games of all time, as I sunk over 500 hours into the game, trying out different builds,